This should be shown for every foreigner in Finland! They would see how much pain, tears and work our beloved country has taken! Always loved, Finland. Thank you for this post.
My grandparents had to leave their homes twice, 1939 and 1944. My grandma was 19 when she had to leave. She saved her diaries from 1938-1946 and gave those to me. It was so sad and painful to read them that it took me over 20 years.
My thoughts exactly. It's been painful to hear of yet more people losing their homes and homesteads to those invaders who don't question anything, and commit horrendous war crimes. As a granddaughter of Karelian evacuees, I can't look away. It would be wrong of me to even want to. I try to help however I can at the moment. Just knowing what's going on is important.
such a sad song from hard times of Finland. We did fight and we didn´t left our ppl, everyone was evacuated, everyone was taken care of in best way which was possible in those in those hard years.
This is how we Finns do: We did took care of all over 400 000 evacuated Karelians. One of them was my Father at the age of 4 yrs. He just passed away in 3rd of September at the age of 86. I myself am so very proud of my Karelian genes. 😍💓
This is a part of Finland’s history. Thank you for watching and listening it ❤ The lyrics of the song is very realistic presentation of historical evidence in the scale of ordinary people.
Thank you for this video. Both of my parents were from Karelia and losed their home and farm. Now I am 70 years old man but i can not looki this video without tears.
Thank you for reacting to this. I was already 17, when my grandparents (mother's side) told about their hometown Viipuri first time. I already know then of course, that they had to leave Karelia and their hometown during the war, but still in the 70ies and beginning of 80ies, they did not really wanted to talk about it. I understood. It was too painful for them, still after 40 years. I can not even imagine, what they went trough, when my both granddads (age 20-24 during the war) spent five years fighting the russians in the woods of Karelia. It was hell on earth. Also my fathers mother was from the Island of Seiskari, big ocean island in the gulf of Finland. That island was also handed over to Soviet union. And she suffered too. All of them did. All of that generation suffered, whether in actual war, or in "home front". However, after war Finnish government did what need to be done. As said in the song, within 1-2 years all the evacuees were given piece of land or an apartment as part of the rebuilding of the nation. And it was well re-built to one of the best nations in the world. However, this video probably makes people understand better our attitude to our eastern neighbors and to the fact, that our armed forces are nowadays extremely heavy compared to many western, same-sized nations. It also helps to understand the necessity to keep up the conscription service. Still at 2024, we only have three problems in our foreign policy. They are Russia, Russia and Russia. Although we could manage the threat from east with our military forces hugely better, than for example Ukraine when their war started, we of course hope, that they don't dare to start invading us. We are trained, well-equipped for war and yes, the NATO membership also helps. However, we could have managed very, very well, even without NATO but now... Well now, if they invade us, they invade NATO, and then it will too late for politics and for all of us..
My grandfather was from the town of Sortavala in Karelia. He and his siblings missed their home their entire lives. We went there on a family trip in the early 90's, their house was still standing there. It was touching beyond words to see them visit their old home and their father's grave for the first time in 50 years. And also the reaction of the elderly Russian woman who lived in their old house, she said that she's so sorry for the acts of her country. Not that it was her fault in any way, she had been forced to move there by Stalin's regime after the war. It's just a huge tragedy and still a major national trauma here in Finland.
That is so emotional. Also visited Valkjärvi where my granddad was from and Viipuri 2 times as teen as relatives trip with elder extended family. So emotional to see those meetings with old and new tenants. All were very nice and understanding. ❤ War is terrible, but still good people on both sides of the border.
This also made me tear up... my grandma is an evacuee from Karelia. When I was in school in the 90's one of the kids in class below me performed this song in some kind of an event for veterans and evacuees. I remember the old people crying while listening and seeing it left an impact on us kids.
My grandparents were from Karelia, mom was born in Viipuri and they had to leave their home when she was 2. My grandma always wished she could go back, to see her home, to stay. Never expected to burst in tears hearing this song, but there it is 😢
I was very deeply moved by the performance...excellent song by Veikko Lavi and beautiful performance by the young lady...in fact ..the Karelians..like my father's family were forced to leave their homes in beautiful Karelia twice... first in 1939...returning in 1941-42 and leaving again in 1944 for the last time...however the Karelians were strong and survived the war like the rest of FInns...moreover this song makes me think our brothers in Ukraine are experiencing similar terror today...i pray the democratic countries stay strong and continue their support ...slava Ukraine!
What´s really wrong with the Russians???: They almost reached democracy. Then they started to believe the lies of Putin. Putin is "like Napoleon", an ordinary man with a slowly grown narsistic, sosiopathic (psychopathic?) nature of mindset. The Ukranians are suffering at this very minute. I don´t know what can we do...This is sooo wrong..............
I knew even before I started this video that I would burst into tears. My family in North Karelia was saved from all this hardship but the sad words tell the story of real people.
Following the Winter War, a portion of Finnish Karelia was ceded to the Soviet Union. Over 400,000 Karelians were evacuated to other parts of Finland following the cession, and their descendants are now spread across the country, many still maintaining Karelian identities.
I live in Southeast Finland and I bawl my eyes out each time I hear this. My 1st grade teacher taught us this song 40 years ago as she was an evacuee and lost her childhood home forever.
Almost every finn can somehow relate to this kind of story. My grandma was an evakko-child, meaning she had to leave Karelia and also her family and move to another strange, wealthier family for years. When the children got back to their original families, the youngest ones didn’t usually even recognize their parents and could have been eaven scared of them. Must hurt as a father or a mother
my grandmother was from Karelia. so thank you that mother and us children exist. I was only 6 years old when he was laid to rest. sleep in peace grandma❤
I was visiting in Sortavala 2014 with my fathers elder brothers. They remember those things in winter war like yesterday. Front was coming near. Soviet aeroplanes shoot houses and mother protect them behind fireplace. Their father was fighting in front line near that area. They have to escspe on same evening. Big children and old people take care cattle on that villlage and walk with animals to west. They told that mother drive by horse throw night to Kitee about 60 kilometers. It was very cold weather about -40 celsius. My father was 3, his brothers 5 and 7 years old. From Kitee they travel by train to west Finland. After war goverment gave piece of land so they were able to start farming again.
My dads village was Metsäpirtti. It was close to the Russian border. They've to leave on the 6th of december, 1939. Ironically, it was the same day as Finland's independence day. So when Finland celebrate the independence, will still mourn of our loss of our beloved home.
First of all, thank you for this post. As you've seen from the reactions, many Finns feel and recognise their heritage. So do I. Everytime I hear this song it brings me to tears. I am a Karelian on both sides of my family, so again, thank you ❤
My grandfather was a small kid and part of the evacuee's (if I remember correctly he was born in 1943) with his mom and older sister. His dad was in the army and died in the battle field. Our grandfather had a heart attack and passed away in november 2015
Cant ever listen to this song without tears and sobbing. My grandmother had to leave twice with her family from their carelian houme. First when winter war started, then aften continuation war. They had just rebuilt their house when the second command to evacuet came. Grandmother lost her big brother in war. Other Finns did not always treat evacuess well and right. That made starting a new life sometimes even more difficult. My grandmother was quite reserved and relatively shy all her life towards new people, but she loved us grandchild dearly and always feed us, bought us candy and knitted us mittens and socks for winters.
My mother was at age of 12 when they had to run away. This is really touching song. Thanks for bringing it up. I wish no one should experience those feelings. Sadly it is just a dream to have piece in a world.
My grandmother had 15 birthday in last evacuation train from Karelia. She passed away this year. Early 1990s she had opportunity to visit her home in Karelia. Never wanted to move there back as life were in other place. My wish is that nobody would have to make such journey
My mother's family had to leave their home when she was 7 years old. A village in Suistamo. Even though I have never been there myself this song makes my heart ache every time I hear it.. Long history with our common eastern neighbour makes us very understanding towards Ukranians' current struggle.
My mother and Grandma had to leave their home in Seiskari, and island in the Gulf of Finland, late Nov. 1939. Mom was then 18, and she later lost both of her brothers in the war. They were eventually settled on a bigger island in the Turku archipelago where she was married after the war, but my Grandma never had a house of her own. She lived with us and took care of us kids, but had cried so much that she lost her eye sight.
There isn't a village so small in our country that the local cemetery doesn't have a long line of young men who died in our wars under white crosses. We owe them and their families a lot.
Girlfriend’s granmother did not have time to evacuate. She was taken as POW in november 1939, next summer 1940 came back from captivity. Home was lost and 150 mile’s away from left over Finland. Hyrsylänmutka. Red Army took border village in a few hour’s.. of the first day in that war .She was 6 years old..
My grandparents' families had to leave everything behind just like that. They lived in Karelia near Lake Laatokka (Ladoga in some invaders' maps) and it was a beautiful place to live. They took the livestock, animals, and anything they could. My grandmother and grandfather were both 19 at the time, my grandfather went to the front, and my grandmother evacuated to Helsinki and tried to do things for the home front. They met and settled near Helsinki with all the other evacuated relatives after the war, though some remained near the border. I agree with the people in the comments saying that these things should be taught to everyone who wants to live here. This is happening in Ukraine right now by the same aggressor, this too was pointed out and it is unspeakably unfair to realize it is the exact same thing they did to us. The Winter War was basically an example of how Ukraine would have fared, if not for the help they've got, and they do need more help, this is the problem with the US and their voters / republican politicians. Here in Finland, we should be grateful we have good defense relationships with other countries, besides the US..The US is a good ally, but it is better to have a backup plan, and we do. I am confident, though, that this time Americans choose the right person for the job and all the way down the ticket. They have too much to lose, themselves. The saddest thing about the evacuees and Karelia is that in the 90s, they had the chance to go back and see if the buildings were still there and all the places they remembered from their childhood. Well, my grandfather had died by that point but his little brother went there and I heard him saying that the Russians had destroyed, well, everything. The nature, the cities, the houses, the lake. That is the impression I have and yes, it's an over-generational trauma, at least for me, still. Especially with the Ukrainians going through the same 80 years later with the same aggressor. It makes me so angry. What right do they think they have? This won't end well for them. I know it won't. Thank you for listening this song, it is so important to so many of us, still.
I know what You mean. I visited the supposed place of my Father´s family in Muolaa, close to lake Ladoka (and Äyräpäänjärvi) 1993. The Russians had not destroyed everything then but the nature, forests were full of trash etc. What´s really wrong with the mindset of Russians...They have a huuuge land and still want more from Ukranians. Is this the battlefield for men with low selfconfidence? In my opinion it is. 😢😢
I can't ever listen this song without tears. My grandparents and whole mother side family are from Karelia. They all have to give up everything they own. And because my grandfarher's name sound like Russian, they didn't get good place to live. It is so unfair and my heart is indefinitely broken because of that.
But Finland didn't bomb Russian before war. Ukraina and Russia got long and difficult relationship. So it's not the same. Ofc what Russia do right now is wrong.
my grandmother and grandfather were from karelia.both lived war time.i am 46 now,and i hope that our generation never have to be same situation,but i fear that its coming again.
As a Karelian this song has always been too painful to listen to without crying. It captures perfectly the journey my grandfather's family had to embark on (twice) when the Russians invaded.
This is very personal story, both my parents had to leave their home in 1939. Literally a big part of my family history is lost forever. And now the same thing is happening in Ukraine.
My Mother was from Karelia and she was 11 when she haft to leave her home for second time when winterwar started. Her home is now In the Russian side but part of the village is still In Finnish side.
I always get goosebumps when I listen to this, but it has been allowed to decay and the Karelian people, who are Finns, have been settled in farmhouses, I guess most of them are still left. Yes, I'm Finnish and I know our ancestors and of course my grandparents fought for Finland's independence and I don't belittle the role of women, but the truth is that Finland was the only one who opposed Stan and we are proud of the legacy of the veterans of our wars, i.e. independence. Even the fact that the Finns paid the worst war reparations to the Russians and that's how the Finnish industry developed, that it was not only a bad thing and in Finland we have tried to stand behind our words.
My grandparents were Karelians and lived in Viipuri. I've heard their stories how they had to leave everything behind and evacuate. Decades later they still had tears in their eyes when they were talking about this. I'm glad that the border with Russia is now closed and honestly I feel it can stay that way. Even after Putin Russia can never really be part of the western world. People have been brainwashed there and their values are so different from us. Let them stay there....
My grandmother's family is Karelian and her family was not able to leave on time so when the red army came to their village, they were captured and transported to Russia to concentration camp.
My both parents were from Carelia. My mom left her home once but my father left twice because they came back to Carelian isthmus when Finland managed to get the lost areas back. russia is a bully country which is a danger for its neighboring countries. The good leader of russia is not the person who brings food to their citizens tables. The good leader is the person who makes the empire bigger.
My grandfathers brother lived with his wife and children in Vyborg, The Capital City of province Karelia. They were not Karelians, but from the area of present-day Finland, so they were in a better position than the Karelians when they were evacuated among the Karelian population to the area of present-day Finland, because unlike the Karelians, they had a place to go, i.e. to live in their relatives home in Helsinki. Of course, like other evacuees, they too had lost almost all of their properties.
I don't understand why one verse was left away from this version. This one: Meitä vastaan marssi nuoret Suomen soturit, Heitä johti lapsenkasvoiset nuo vänrikit. Moni kulki silloin elämässään viime retkensä Päätä kohti, vakaana kuin aavistaisi hetkensä. The young Finnish warriors marched against us, They were led by those child-faced lieutenants. Many went on their last trip in life then Towards the end, steady as if anticipating his moment. (Google-translation)
My grandfather is from Karelia, Koivisto. They had to left everything behind. He never told stories about war, even not to my mother. My grandfather from dads side told some stories during his last years, when he was more than 90 years old....
Back then Finnish population was 3,5 million and against was Soviet Union with 150 million. And we get most of them out of the harms way. But they lost everything and i mean everything. Think about that for a second.
More than 10 percent of Finnish population had to permanently leave their homes after USSR invaded and later annexed the eastern regions of Karelia. What is even more sad is the fact Russia has not taken care of the land and people's homes and hometowns they took by force. Everything has been more or less in a state of disrepair for the past 80 years. Including Viipuri (Vyborg), which used to be the 2nd largest city of Finland. Even Russians who live in Karelia are ashamed by the way their country has (not) taken care of the annexed area.
This is a weird version. Important part of lyrics is missing: "...Karelians' will to live was not shaken by war. MISSING -> Young warriors of Finland marched toward us. They were lead by baby-faced second lieutenants Many made the last trip of their lives then Determinedly toward the end, as if they anticipated it Roadwork men asked where is the destination Oh, but we will only know once we get there Householder left them a pork casserole as well Said: "Vot, here is some relish with bread"
Finland's air force has been using a swastika ever since it was founded in 1918, shortly after the country became an independent nation and long before Nazism devastated Europe. Until 1945 its planes bore a blue swastika on a white background - and this was not intended to show allegiance to Nazi Germany, though the two nations were aligned.
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This should be shown for every foreigner in Finland! They would see how much pain, tears and work our beloved country has taken! Always loved, Finland. Thank you for this post.
After they have seen this it would be easier for them to replace us.
As a Karelian i had to paused this few times, and clear my eyes... thank you for support... you precious girl 😢❤
Me too. I basically cry throughout the whole song.
Another fellow Karelian here, made me tear up.
My grandparents had to leave their homes twice, 1939 and 1944. My grandma was 19 when she had to leave. She saved her diaries from 1938-1946 and gave those to me. It was so sad and painful to read them that it took me over 20 years.
This is reality in Ukraine at this moment.
And the same agressor... russia...
@@armastusmaitse481 and again, without any reason.
My thoughts exactly. It's been painful to hear of yet more people losing their homes and homesteads to those invaders who don't question anything, and commit horrendous war crimes. As a granddaughter of Karelian evacuees, I can't look away. It would be wrong of me to even want to. I try to help however I can at the moment. Just knowing what's going on is important.
@@jroutasula5250How about peace then? Oh wait someone doesn't want that...
@@BangBangMan78 there were peace in Ukraine before Russia army go there and start kill people without any reason.
such a sad song from hard times of Finland.
We did fight and we didn´t left our ppl, everyone was evacuated, everyone was taken care of in best way which was possible in those in those hard years.
This is how we Finns do: We did took care of all over 400 000 evacuated Karelians. One of them was my Father at the age of 4 yrs. He just passed away in 3rd of September at the age of 86. I myself am so very proud of my Karelian genes. 😍💓
This is a part of Finland’s history. Thank you for watching and listening it ❤ The lyrics of the song is very realistic presentation of historical evidence in the scale of ordinary people.
Never can't listen without crying as this is also the history of my grandfather's family 😢
Same here.🥺❤️
This is our family history too 😢
Thank you for this video. Both of my parents were from Karelia and losed their home and farm. Now I am 70 years old man but i can not looki this video without tears.
Thank you for reacting to this. I was already 17, when my grandparents (mother's side) told about their hometown Viipuri first time. I already know then of course, that they had to leave Karelia and their hometown during the war, but still in the 70ies and beginning of 80ies, they did not really wanted to talk about it. I understood. It was too painful for them, still after 40 years. I can not even imagine, what they went trough, when my both granddads (age 20-24 during the war) spent five years fighting the russians in the woods of Karelia. It was hell on earth.
Also my fathers mother was from the Island of Seiskari, big ocean island in the gulf of Finland. That island was also handed over to Soviet union. And she suffered too. All of them did. All of that generation suffered, whether in actual war, or in "home front".
However, after war Finnish government did what need to be done. As said in the song, within 1-2 years all the evacuees were given piece of land or an apartment as part of the rebuilding of the nation. And it was well re-built to one of the best nations in the world.
However, this video probably makes people understand better our attitude to our eastern neighbors and to the fact, that our armed forces are nowadays extremely heavy compared to many western, same-sized nations. It also helps to understand the necessity to keep up the conscription service.
Still at 2024, we only have three problems in our foreign policy. They are Russia, Russia and Russia. Although we could manage the threat from east with our military forces hugely better, than for example Ukraine when their war started, we of course hope, that they don't dare to start invading us. We are trained, well-equipped for war and yes, the NATO membership also helps. However, we could have managed very, very well, even without NATO but now... Well now, if they invade us, they invade NATO, and then it will too late for politics and for all of us..
My grandfather was from the town of Sortavala in Karelia. He and his siblings missed their home their entire lives. We went there on a family trip in the early 90's, their house was still standing there. It was touching beyond words to see them visit their old home and their father's grave for the first time in 50 years. And also the reaction of the elderly Russian woman who lived in their old house, she said that she's so sorry for the acts of her country. Not that it was her fault in any way, she had been forced to move there by Stalin's regime after the war.
It's just a huge tragedy and still a major national trauma here in Finland.
That is so emotional. Also visited Valkjärvi where my granddad was from and Viipuri 2 times as teen as relatives trip with elder extended family. So emotional to see those meetings with old and new tenants. All were very nice and understanding. ❤ War is terrible, but still good people on both sides of the border.
My dad was from Sortavala too, like grandpa.
This also made me tear up... my grandma is an evacuee from Karelia. When I was in school in the 90's one of the kids in class below me performed this song in some kind of an event for veterans and evacuees. I remember the old people crying while listening and seeing it left an impact on us kids.
My grandparents were from Karelia, mom was born in Viipuri and they had to leave their home when she was 2. My grandma always wished she could go back, to see her home, to stay.
Never expected to burst in tears hearing this song, but there it is 😢
Me too. 🥺😢
My other granfather was also just a little child when they needed to leave very quickly by train from Viipuri, because cruel the war.
This is very emotional. I can't listen to this without crying. My grandparents were from Karelia. Thank you!
This war took my grandfathers, I haven't never seen them. My mom was evacuee when she was child.
This song tells a story of every refuges and people whom are force to leave their homes.
I was very deeply moved by the performance...excellent song by Veikko Lavi and beautiful performance by the young lady...in fact ..the Karelians..like my father's family were forced to leave their homes in beautiful Karelia twice... first in 1939...returning in 1941-42 and leaving again in 1944 for the last time...however the Karelians were strong and survived the war like the rest of FInns...moreover this song makes me think our brothers in Ukraine are experiencing similar terror today...i pray the democratic countries stay strong and continue their support ...slava Ukraine!
What´s really wrong with the Russians???: They almost reached democracy. Then they started to believe the lies of Putin. Putin is "like Napoleon", an ordinary man with a slowly grown narsistic, sosiopathic (psychopathic?) nature of mindset. The Ukranians are suffering at this very minute. I don´t know what can we do...This is sooo wrong..............
I knew even before I started this video that I would burst into tears. My family in North Karelia was saved from all this hardship but the sad words tell the story of real people.
Following the Winter War, a portion of Finnish Karelia was ceded to the Soviet Union. Over 400,000 Karelians were evacuated to other parts of Finland following the cession, and their descendants are now spread across the country, many still maintaining Karelian identities.
And thousands of the evacuees are still alive themselves.
Du är bara för go mot Finland !älskar dina kommentarer och filmer hoppas du får en bra framtid I detta land❤😊❤
This hits me everytime. My mother had to leave her home from Karelia at the age of 11
I live in Southeast Finland and I bawl my eyes out each time I hear this. My 1st grade teacher taught us this song 40 years ago as she was an evacuee and lost her childhood home forever.
So sad 🤦🏻♀️
Almost every finn can somehow relate to this kind of story. My grandma was an evakko-child, meaning she had to leave Karelia and also her family and move to another strange, wealthier family for years.
When the children got back to their original families, the youngest ones didn’t usually even recognize their parents and could have been eaven scared of them. Must hurt as a father or a mother
my grandmother was from Karelia. so thank you that mother and us children exist. I was only 6 years old when he was laid to rest. sleep in peace grandma❤
I was visiting in Sortavala 2014 with my fathers elder brothers. They remember those things in winter war like yesterday. Front was coming near. Soviet aeroplanes shoot houses and mother protect them behind fireplace. Their father was fighting in front line near that area. They have to escspe on same evening. Big children and old people take care cattle on that villlage and walk with animals to west. They told that mother drive by horse throw night to Kitee about 60 kilometers. It was very cold weather about -40 celsius. My father was 3, his brothers 5 and 7 years old. From Kitee they travel by train to west Finland. After war goverment gave piece of land so they were able to start farming again.
In RUclips. Karjalan evakuointi sota- aikana. Original film summer 1944. The second and the last time when have to leave.
My dads village was Metsäpirtti. It was close to the Russian border. They've to leave on the 6th of december, 1939. Ironically, it was the same day as Finland's independence day. So when Finland celebrate the independence, will still mourn of our loss of our beloved home.
I don't know if I have any Karelian heritage, but this song brings tears to my eyes every time.
This brought tears to my eyes
My grandmother's brother (who was under five years old) died during the evacuation of Karelians. It is surprisingly recent history.
First of all, thank you for this post. As you've seen from the reactions, many Finns feel and recognise their heritage.
So do I. Everytime I hear this song it brings me to tears. I am a Karelian on both sides of my family, so again, thank you ❤
My grandfather was a small kid and part of the evacuee's (if I remember correctly he was born in 1943) with his mom and older sister. His dad was in the army and died in the battle field. Our grandfather had a heart attack and passed away in november 2015
Cant ever listen to this song without tears and sobbing. My grandmother had to leave twice with her family from their carelian houme. First when winter war started, then aften continuation war. They had just rebuilt their house when the second command to evacuet came. Grandmother lost her big brother in war. Other Finns did not always treat evacuess well and right. That made starting a new life sometimes even more difficult. My grandmother was quite reserved and relatively shy all her life towards new people, but she loved us grandchild dearly and always feed us, bought us candy and knitted us mittens and socks for winters.
That condenses feelings. Never, never, NEVER AGAIN! We see what happens in Ukraine. That is main reason why we joined NATO.
Yep. The tears flowed. 🇫🇮 💔
My mother was at age of 12 when they had to run away. This is really touching song. Thanks for bringing it up. I wish no one should experience those feelings. Sadly it is just a dream to have piece in a world.
My grandmother had 15 birthday in last evacuation train from Karelia. She passed away this year. Early 1990s she had opportunity to visit her home in Karelia. Never wanted to move there back as life were in other place. My wish is that nobody would have to make such journey
My mother's family had to leave their home when she was 7 years old. A village in Suistamo. Even though I have never been there myself this song makes my heart ache every time I hear it.. Long history with our common eastern neighbour makes us very understanding towards Ukranians' current struggle.
My mother and Grandma had to leave their home in Seiskari, and island in the Gulf of Finland, late Nov. 1939. Mom was then 18, and she later lost both of her brothers in the war. They were eventually settled on a bigger island in the Turku archipelago where she was married after the war, but my Grandma never had a house of her own. She lived with us and took care of us kids, but had cried so much that she lost her eye sight.
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It' quite emotaional for us Finns also...
History repeats itself.
There isn't a village so small in our country that the local cemetery doesn't have a long line of young men who died in our wars under white crosses. We owe them and their families a lot.
Girlfriend’s granmother did not have time to evacuate. She was taken as POW in november 1939, next summer 1940 came back from captivity. Home was lost and 150 mile’s away from left over Finland.
Hyrsylänmutka. Red Army took border village in a few hour’s.. of the first day in that war .She was 6 years old..
My grandparents' families had to leave everything behind just like that. They lived in Karelia near Lake Laatokka (Ladoga in some invaders' maps) and it was a beautiful place to live. They took the livestock, animals, and anything they could. My grandmother and grandfather were both 19 at the time, my grandfather went to the front, and my grandmother evacuated to Helsinki and tried to do things for the home front. They met and settled near Helsinki with all the other evacuated relatives after the war, though some remained near the border.
I agree with the people in the comments saying that these things should be taught to everyone who wants to live here. This is happening in Ukraine right now by the same aggressor, this too was pointed out and it is unspeakably unfair to realize it is the exact same thing they did to us. The Winter War was basically an example of how Ukraine would have fared, if not for the help they've got, and they do need more help, this is the problem with the US and their voters / republican politicians. Here in Finland, we should be grateful we have good defense relationships with other countries, besides the US..The US is a good ally, but it is better to have a backup plan, and we do. I am confident, though, that this time Americans choose the right person for the job and all the way down the ticket. They have too much to lose, themselves.
The saddest thing about the evacuees and Karelia is that in the 90s, they had the chance to go back and see if the buildings were still there and all the places they remembered from their childhood. Well, my grandfather had died by that point but his little brother went there and I heard him saying that the Russians had destroyed, well, everything. The nature, the cities, the houses, the lake. That is the impression I have and yes, it's an over-generational trauma, at least for me, still. Especially with the Ukrainians going through the same 80 years later with the same aggressor. It makes me so angry. What right do they think they have? This won't end well for them. I know it won't.
Thank you for listening this song, it is so important to so many of us, still.
I know what You mean. I visited the supposed place of my Father´s family in Muolaa, close to lake Ladoka (and Äyräpäänjärvi) 1993. The Russians had not destroyed everything then but the nature, forests were full of trash etc.
What´s really wrong with the mindset of Russians...They have a huuuge land and still want more from Ukranians. Is this the battlefield for men with low selfconfidence? In my opinion it is. 😢😢
This is what russia do to neighboring countries.
I can't ever listen this song without tears. My grandparents and whole mother side family are from Karelia. They all have to give up everything they own. And because my grandfarher's name sound like Russian, they didn't get good place to live. It is so unfair and my heart is indefinitely broken because of that.
Same happens in ukraina now. This bastard country dont stop unless someone make to stop.
Yes
But Finland didn't bomb Russian before war. Ukraina and Russia got long and difficult relationship. So it's not the same. Ofc what Russia do right now is wrong.
@@sanna6106neither did Ukraine.
As a Finnish person this was very emotional to watch.😢❤
my grandmother and grandfather were from karelia.both lived war time.i am 46 now,and i hope that our generation never have to be same situation,but i fear that its coming again.
My father was evakko and two years old during those times.
As a Karelian this song has always been too painful to listen to without crying. It captures perfectly the journey my grandfather's family had to embark on (twice) when the Russians invaded.
my roots are in Karelia. my mother's grandmother, from whom I got my first middle name, was Karjalainen ❤
This is very personal story, both my parents had to leave their home in 1939. Literally a big part of my family history is lost forever. And now the same thing is happening in Ukraine.
My Mother was from Karelia and she was 11 when she haft to leave her home for second time when winterwar started. Her home is now In the Russian side but part of the village is still In Finnish side.
Oh mine such an experience 🥲
I always get goosebumps when I listen to this, but it has been allowed to decay and the Karelian people, who are Finns, have been settled in farmhouses, I guess most of them are still left. Yes, I'm Finnish and I know our ancestors and of course my grandparents fought for Finland's independence and I don't belittle the role of women, but the truth is that Finland was the only one who opposed Stan and we are proud of the legacy of the veterans of our wars, i.e. independence. Even the fact that the Finns paid the worst war reparations to the Russians and that's how the Finnish industry developed, that it was not only a bad thing and in Finland we have tried to stand behind our words.
My grandparents were Karelians and lived in Viipuri. I've heard their stories how they had to leave everything behind and evacuate. Decades later they still had tears in their eyes when they were talking about this. I'm glad that the border with Russia is now closed and honestly I feel it can stay that way. Even after Putin Russia can never really be part of the western world. People have been brainwashed there and their values are so different from us. Let them stay there....
The part where the Dad says i will soon be delivered from the duty, but it also means from his life=(
Heard this 9000 times and still brings tears
Thank you ❤❤❤❤❤❤ Finland loves you now!!!
Roots in the lost Carelia 😢
❤LOVE YOU THANK YOU MERRY CHRISTMAS ❤LANDEMARI FINLAND ❤❤
My both parents lost their homes when they were kids. They had to leave Karelia fastly when the soviets attacked.
Oh my God 🤦🏻♀️such a hard experience
Mine too
Veikko Lavi oli aliarvostettu lauluntekijä.
An other song of this theme is by Timo Rautiainen & Trio Niskalaukaus (heavy band) “Lumessa kahlaajat”. Very touching. Check it please!
This tells about winter war. When russia / soviet attached in Finland. And karelian people had to escape from their homes.
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this was very sad.... i cry too dont worry blessing we love you 😊💗
Thank you 🙏🏻
Cryed also
My grandmother's family is Karelian and her family was not able to leave on time so when the red army came to their village, they were captured and transported to Russia to concentration camp.
My both parents were from Carelia. My mom left her home once but my father left twice because they came back to Carelian isthmus when Finland managed to get the lost areas back.
russia is a bully country which is a danger for its neighboring countries. The good leader of russia is not the person who brings food to their citizens tables. The good leader is the person who makes the empire bigger.
My mother's family has left Vyborg to evacuate after the war.
OVER 76000 CHILDREN FROM FINLAND WERE SENT TO SWEDEN AND DENMARK AT 1939-1945.
My grandfathers brother lived with his wife and children in Vyborg, The Capital City of province Karelia. They were not Karelians, but from the area of present-day Finland, so they were in a better position than the Karelians when they were evacuated among the Karelian population to the area of present-day Finland, because unlike the Karelians, they had a place to go, i.e. to live in their relatives home in Helsinki. Of course, like other evacuees, they too had lost almost all of their properties.
Finland 1939
Ukrain 2022
I don't understand why one verse was left away from this version. This one:
Meitä vastaan marssi nuoret Suomen soturit,
Heitä johti lapsenkasvoiset nuo vänrikit.
Moni kulki silloin elämässään viime retkensä
Päätä kohti, vakaana kuin aavistaisi hetkensä.
The young Finnish warriors marched against us,
They were led by those child-faced lieutenants.
Many went on their last trip in life then
Towards the end, steady as if anticipating his moment.
(Google-translation)
Yes, that Karjala belongs to Russia since the end of that WW II...
My grandfather is from Karelia, Koivisto. They had to left everything behind. He never told stories about war, even not to my mother. My grandfather from dads side told some stories during his last years, when he was more than 90 years old....
Back then Finnish population was 3,5 million and against was Soviet Union with 150 million. And we get most of them out of the harms way. But they lost everything and i mean everything. Think about that for a second.
❤🇫🇮EVAKON LAULU BY LANDEMARI 🇫🇮♥️🇫🇮
More than 10 percent of Finnish population had to permanently leave their homes after USSR invaded and later annexed the eastern regions of Karelia. What is even more sad is the fact Russia has not taken care of the land and people's homes and hometowns they took by force. Everything has been more or less in a state of disrepair for the past 80 years. Including Viipuri (Vyborg), which used to be the 2nd largest city of Finland. Even Russians who live in Karelia are ashamed by the way their country has (not) taken care of the annexed area.
This is a weird version. Important part of lyrics is missing:
"...Karelians' will to live was not shaken by war.
MISSING ->
Young warriors of Finland marched toward us.
They were lead by baby-faced second lieutenants
Many made the last trip of their lives then
Determinedly toward the end, as if they anticipated it
Roadwork men asked where is the destination
Oh, but we will only know once we get there
Householder left them a pork casserole as well
Said: "Vot, here is some relish with bread"
Lefties? Why would lefties leave those parts off. If you have to point a finger left or right, right would be the choise here.
Anneli Saaristo is the singer!
The singer is not Anneli saaristo.
No its not!! This is better
@@jarnojuhani8942 Yep!
Diandra
So siis did understand what rhey sing...somenring why we never trust "ryssä"... They took so much of ours
yksi surullisimmista lauluista.
So sad
Sitä juuri ja sama tapahtuu nyt Ukrainassa
My mother came from robbed Karelia.
My grandma managed to come before they robbed it.
Mother had to live Karelia...
My mater and family run way 2 times. 15 Min. And last time only 5 min go... 😢
Pappa tätä kuunteli usein.
My mothers parents were from Karelian Isthmus...
you might consider your avatar.... you get banned by youtube lol
So touching 🥲
@@santtumoilanen3065 Suomalaisessa sinisessä hakaristissä ei ole mitään väärää tai bannattavaa. Eikä todellakaan mitään lolia. JUMALAUTA!
@@santtumoilanen3065 Sinä voisit harkita vaihtavasi myös omasi ihan vain koska koen sinun avatarisi loukkaavan minun mielikuvitustani!
Finland's air force has been using a swastika ever since it was founded in 1918, shortly after the country became an independent nation and long before Nazism devastated Europe.
Until 1945 its planes bore a blue swastika on a white background - and this was not intended to show allegiance to Nazi Germany, though the two nations were aligned.
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🤘🥲👍 🇫🇮💙
This is, I think, hottest version of this song. By staff of Päijät-Häme Region Emergency Service's ruclips.net/video/0hvKVx8iS-g/видео.html
Thank you for the link
1939 Finland and 2022 Ukraine😪😪
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ruclips.net/video/nR2ip6nHBqg/видео.html
Better version with full lyrics.
Thank you so much
This version is so bad... This is the one and only: ruclips.net/video/2GgokWTLR9I/видео.htmlsi=hkoBq8j8ysPEiRM1
Hey😮
Please, do not vote for Trump! He is jus a clown... For the sake of Peace in the World 😍
❤❤❤😂🙏🇫🇮💜
When you listen to the song you will understand why I can't forgive. 🫡🇫🇮🫵🏼.
Kostettava, no home no nothing and enemy after you....
I don't know if I have any Karelian heritage, but this song brings tears to my eyes every time.